Suraikai / Bottle Gourd Adai

Adai made with bottlegourd - a low carb vegetable.

Discover how to prepare this crispy crest bottle gourd Adai. It is a healthy and staple food especially for Health seekers and also for diet followers. To say about this veggie in simple "Bottle Gourd - Guard against Diseases". This is known as Lauki in hindi, by including this veggie in a regular diet reduces fatigue and gives instant energy to keep you fresh, especially during summer season.

YIELD – 10-15 Small Adai

Ingredients:

Bottle Gourd / Suraikai- 1 Cup grated

Raw Rice- 1 1/2 cup

Onion- 1 medium chopped

Fenugreek Seeds- 1tbsp

Salt To Taste

Oil To Fry

For Seasoning:

Oil-1 tbsp

Mustard Seeds-1 tsp

Cumin Seeds-1 tsp

Broken Red Chilli- 4

Curry Leaves few spring

Method:

Wash and soak rice with fenugreek for 2 hours.

Wash, peel and grate bottle gourd.

Grind the soaked rice by adding little water and prepare thick batter.

Combine the grated bottle gourd, chopped onion to the batter, salt and let it ferment for 4 to 6 hours for good taste.

Alternatively if you wish can pour like Adai immediately.

Season the batter and pour a laddle full of batter in a hot flat griddle, spread to desired shape.